Combined sash-fastener and antirattling device.



M. J. D. EAST. COMBINED SASH FASTENBR AND ANTIRATTLING DEVICE.

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Patented Sept. 10, 1912.

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M. J. D. EAST. COMBINED SASH FASTENER AND ANTIRATTLING DEVICE.

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Specification of Letters latent Patented Sept. 10, 1912.

Application filed Angust 20, 1910. Serial 110. 578,084.

St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have 111-.

vented new and useful Improvements -in Combined Sash-Fasteners and'Antirattling Devices, of'which the following is a specification. y Y

,The invention relates to a window sash fastener, and more particularlyto the class of combined window sash fasteners and anti-rattlingdevices.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a device of thischaracter in which the upper and lower sashes in a window frame will besecurely locked and held against rattling when in closed position.

Another object'of the invention is the provision of a device of thischaracter in which the upper and lower sashes of a window will beautomatically locked on the closing thereof and at the same time will beheld against rattling while closed.

A further object of the invention. is the provision of a device of thischaracter which may be readily mounted upon the sashes of a window, thedevice being simple of construction; thoroughly reliable and eflicientin operation, and inexpensive in manufacture. With these and otherobjects in view, the

invent-ion consists of the construction, combination and arrangement ofparts, as will i be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings,' and pointed .out in the appended claim.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a fragmenwindow frame thereto. Fig. 2- is avertical longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectionalview on the line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig.

4 is a plan "iew of the locking device and anti-rattler detached fromthe meeting rail of the lower window sash. Fig 5 is a perspective-viewof the keeper plate detached from the meeting 'rail of the upper sash.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 5 and 6 designate the inner andouter meeting rails, respectively, of the upper and lower sliding sashes7 of a window frame 8 of the ordinary wellknown construction. To thesemeeting railsof the sashes is connected the fastener and anti-rattlingdevice, as

will be hereinafter more fully described.

--comprises a keeper plate 9,-the latter being secured to the mner faceof the outer meeting tudinal' ed e extended'beyond the upper face "ofthe sai jmeeting'r'ail and out-turned t'o provide a beveled flange 10,the plate 9 being mg ton or attac edto a swinging plate 13 hinged at.one end within a casing 14 provided with a front plate 15 fixed to theinner face of the inner meeting rail 5 of the lower sash 7 of the windowframe, thecasing 14 being disosed within a suitable niche or recess cutinto the meeting rail 5 from the inner face thereof. v I

Suitably fixed to the wall of the casing14 opposite the front plate 15thereof is a window frame, whereby theto-ngue 12 will engage in the saidslot 11 in' the keeper plate, thereby locking the said sashes in closedposition.

Rising from the inner wall of the casing and above\the same is aninwardly comprising a single strip of spring metal the free end of whichistadaptedto engage:

brou ht to closed position to prevent any weather. 1

Connected with the spring 16 and loosely passed through suitable 0eningsin the rear wall of thecasing 14 and is a pull stem or shank 19,the outer'end of which is provided with a button head 20 spaced from theouter face of the inner meeting, rail 5, whereby the fingers of anoperator may gri the" same for releasing the tongue 12 or disengaging itfrom the slot 11 in the keeper plate when it is desired to lower theupper sash or raise the lower sash for the opening of the window,

This sash fastener is designed to prevent a person-from raising thelower sash or lowspring member-.16, the free end thereof be- I anddownwardly curved yieldable element, 18

the inner sash 5 The sash fastener and anti-rattling device mil 6' ofthe uppersash with its upper longlthe outwardly beveled. flan e .10 ofthe keeper plate 9', when the sas es have been possi le rattling thereofduring windy I ering the upper sash from the outside of the window framewhen the sashes arebrought to closed position, thus making it impossibleto gain entrance to a building through the window after the sashes havebeen locked.

What is claimed is: The combination with the meeting rails of movableWindow sashes, of a plate fixed to the inner edge of one of said rails-and havable'with the said flange atia point adjacent 5 its free, end,whereby the said finger will hold the meeting rails in resilient contactwith each other, and a spring-held latch interposedbetween the saidrails and having a nib normally engaged in the slot in the said plate.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARCUS. J. 1). EAST.

Witnesses AMELIA LANGENECKE PHIN KIMBALL.

